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111 F. I,ONDOS JOWINALS. DAILY Pain:els from the ,turning Papers, Ali. 19, 1826. (Tat Timm.] For the long extracts of letters- which we pub lish this day, from a thoroughly well-informed correspondent at the Cape of Good Hope, we make no apology to our readers; the letters will be their own recommendation: however spirit. edly or gaily treated, the subject is of universal interest to a free community. The Government --thank God, we may at last venture to call it the late Govermout—at the Cape of Good Hope, has been pregnant with materials for bringing to a .decisive WWI fleas question 'which of all others is most important, tnost urgent, least Susceptible of evasion, but at the price of ruin, to the whole frame and constitution of a limited Monarchy. 7. viz: l :whether men accused of having betrayed, by practices the most indefensible, the most sacred of all national trusts, she* or shall not be brought to open trial—whether he who is pub licly charged with being a criminal, shall or shall not be placed at' the bar to purge himself of the accusation, art° receive the condign punishment of his guilt : this, we say, is a question fit to be en tertained, to be discussed, and decided by every reasoning individual among a free people, forcing those who boast of being our representatives to inquire into' the alleged wrongs of our distant fellow-subjects, to save the King's Majesty from being soiled by the character of its delegates, and, the honour of England from being tarnished indelibly by the triumph of a privileged oligarchy over plain sense and justice. We call upon Mr. BrOughaur to redeem the solemn pledge given in . Parliament, that he will, if evidence be attain able for such a purpose, impeach Lord Charles Somerset, now or recently Governor of the Cape of good Hope. This man stands charged, we- know not bow justly, in most of the communications which have reached this coun try from this colony, with having abused the powers confided to him for the good of' the inhabitants, and for the public service. Men have fled front the Cape to make known in England their private wrongs, and to clahn the protection of the King's Government against its olficial They have been sent back by Ministers of State with assurances of indemnity for the past, and of security for the future. They were told that their violated rights should be freely enjoyed, and their plundered property be restored to than undiminished. At their return to the colony, their claims of redress were laughed at; and the promises and pledges of the Government at home were, under the cloak of being discredited, held at cool defiance. At length, when the patience even of Ministers was exhausted, the system of the Governor was suddenly changed fresh beauties of character were soon disclosed to the thbusand eyes intently fixed upon his proceedings; courtesy end flattery, and the arts of seduction, were subaititated: for the swipess of power ; and the extreme of canning was found blended in the same moral composition with via. hence and overbearing. It reroaius to be seen how this will end. We trust the witnesses al ready in England, and Colonel Bird, former Secretary thider,this very Lord Governor, at the head of them., pill be laid hold of in time, and forced to give Parltatio:ot the benefit of their iirtiple know ledge. We are most ansiens that 0 1; those individuals whose testimony would t of value 11111 y he brought from the Cape by Government., whose credit with their country involved iii every part of this important esnse. We trust that Mr. liortoti will tint 10 it agairi of " conspiracy" at the Caper agaiait Lord. Charles Somerset. d t w as at least an absurd expression ; a whole people cannot conspire against one man ; public opinion is not conspiracy. The Members of the House of Beaufort, and their well trained allies and de. pencients, n u ns confederate' against the rights of the people of England, bia the nation Cannot conspire ; and in this ease there are' but two pirtie3—we, the people, and the LordS of Bean. fort. Let the Kioo eis take, their choice.. . [MORNING. If Em.A.T.D.I', ,The King of layaria has, since his recent tie cassion, distinguiithed himself by Many acts of kindness and economy —among others, by his reductions of the public. charges, and the sump tuary regulations established' by him for his prit , ate establishment. There is anothe r i nuo . vation made by him which deserves the highest praise. It is this—the Diroctor of Police made to hiM the usual report , of the police spies of Munich: rr I relate you henectorth from tilts ditty," said,the young King ; " 1 do not want to be mode acquainted with scandalous nneedotes, or to penetrate the secrets of families." This Wee tht:ence an act of virtue awl. WiStIOIT)..A verrinleni of fsp/onage is the most odious of' all 00vofnilloots. The .reCordint ctild :Felfortiug of vice and scandal in a gyat-xity l -tb44Put of Go. , vreroment, only gr;rtiTsßlt : depraved curiosity in the 4 .l loest (14 1 4ttel' 4 1::iithout guarding morality ei-checking vice, and it places the characters of intliyidoals at time mercy of the vilest of society. The scandalous anecdotes nod orghs of eoch oi4lit in Paris were re4olurly served .Up to amuse or fi;incli before the Revolution-- - ... al ki spoo of those . curioui reports wersjsince publish. cd. But is it certain 111 tt On such records are made by the police of Paris, and the police or every oiji r er great city, from Paris to Vi(ittut, at the preseyli day ? 'The inference from this act of Ow King . of,Bovaria h.;, that such is the fact.— Of all capitals uhroad, Munich, even under timeT - Idtit King, 1, Ono., which would the )east readily sospected- .secret and scandalous espionuge ; yet there it was regularly organiz4.d as part of the GoVero." went, Is it not probable—almost certain--..that the same System e.kists at Rome, Flor e nce, pies. Vienna), Berlin ? Le( our Knglish travellers lo o k t o it, Et orvigners remark as .1M 41110trial3r, titan t ie-ngliSh, who Lave a national .repaintion for their morality at home, are equally known for their greater profligacy abroad. Gross and bhntneful prolligncies have been imputed so near flame as Paris, and fo' English petsotis of high' name. Let them look to it. The eye of the police is on them, there and elsewhere, and their sins carefully noted. Munich wee one of the most tranquil capitals of Europe, yet there the vices of individuals and the secrets of fa milies were formally registered. Who can sup. pose that at Rome and Naples, where the love of scandal and the fear of Carbonarism ere both so strong,this system of secret intelligence is not in full activity ? His resolution is most creditable to the King of Bavaria. Such reports could only contaminate himself and his Court—even sup= ,posing them true; and what must be that So vereign's knowledge of his subjects and of hu man nature, who knows them only by a morning study of the secret prolligacies of a capital city. But to repeat it—let Oil" English travellers recol lect, that though abroad, they are no longer Watched by public opinion and the freedom of the Press, they are under a more perilous and sharp-sighted censorship. Lll . lOll N NG PAM] We received last night by express French Papers to the 17th and the Elate of Tues day. The latter asserts, on no other authority than that of private letters, extracted from the Austrian Obserwer, however, Oat Constantine' himself had, proclaimed his brother Nicholas Emperor at Warsaw. It also states that the in, dividuals who shot General NliloradoWitch and wounded": two other Generals, had been dis covered and arrested. Letters from Berlin, published in the other Journals, give a much less favourable socount of the events at Spint Petersburgh thin those which have appeared in the Etuile, and represent the resistance and the carnage to have been great and prolonged. According to these statements, it was whilst Te Deum was singing in the Church of St. Alexander Newski in presence of the Im perial Family, that two whole regiments drew up in order of battle before the church accompanied by an immense multitude of people, from whom, as well as from the soldiers, issued repeatedcries of 44 No Nicholas Psolowitch!" " Down with Nicholas Paulowitch 1" The Emperor thought that his appearance would repress the tumult which went on increasing. He presented himielf on horseback before the line of the soldiers who renewed the cries of 44 No Nicholas !" before his face. lie then made a sign that he wished to speak, and they were silent. " Here I am," he said, " what will you have ? Say freely what you ask, and, if you think it proper, fire." They took him at his word, and fired ; the con., fusion increased ; the Emperor speedily retired ; troops on whom he could depend were sent for and cannon was brought. The two regiments end the people persisted in their opposition. A lire of grape-shot was opened upon them, and they were crushed, but not without much resistance. The people also fired against the adherents of the . Emperor, and three Generelw were killed in the action. The few survivors of both regiments were made prisoners and sent to the fortress of Cronstadt, and it was not till late at night that tranquillity was restored. "It is not improbable," adds the account, 46 that similar events may occur at the army on the Pruth." This is indeed the more probable, as some letters state that the armies in that guar ter expected Constantine to pat hiluseir imrne. 7 diately et their head and to lead them against the Jurio., intelligence framtiililthittinople to the 12th ult. says. that the Turkish Dignitaries sent to the .111orea are authorised to offer a general amnesty to the " Infidels" of that Peniosula. Itedschid l'acha, maddened by the failure of all ell'oris against MisSoloughi, has cut MI the heads of some Albanian Chiefs : this has only served to increase the desertions or which be complained, and which. have left him little more than the skeleton and the name of an army. la every quarter of Greece does the war seem at lust to turn in favour of the Christiatt•cause, A judicioes application of.those parts of the Greek Loan which still remain use. iessly locked up, might now enable the Greeks to make, a combined, general, and deciiive ettert. [Mt IT ICU " Th e Paris Papers have at lust furnished us with, official intelligence from Warsaw, which must put all end to all doubts regarding the socces4°l"° the Barone of Alexander. Nichols t. has been there proclatinu 'Emperor of Russia and King of Po land. Constantino himself read the Imperial Ukase of his brother to the Court, which he convoked fur the purpose 'of heating it, in the presence of his wife nod the Generals of the army under his command. The day after the oath of allegiance to. the Emperor Nicholas was to be administered to; this troops, So far, therefore, as suspicion could, attach to the intentions of Constantine it must now be removed, unless we , suppose him to be dissembling without any ra. Lionel motive or object. Whether the favour with which ,"Constantine is personally regarded hy the soldiery muy induce the armies at MoScow and in the South to declare for him, as his regiment did at Saint Petersburg'', is u matter of conjec lure, 01).,which: we sllnuld he only wasting our pains to speculate. Even should such a move. meta ,tnke place, which is, under all circumstan ces, we think, highly improbable, it could hardly pow be SU ccessful. No Prince, whatever may be his r e asons, can more Owl)? or positively have abdicated his right of sovereignty, When the fIOS are , made fully known, there will surely tie forces -sceptre into Indus ti r t e t i e u n t:c P t l i: n i t " handtl el ope, '1 71 I ( i t r eks have certainly gained some advantages over their vitemie:- irr the vicinity of Salono. The Seraskier livd,..hid has, in revenge for his reverses ) . beheadud two of the prihcittal Albanian chieftains. [NEW Timnil W e yesterday received the Efoile, anti , ues flay, whicli ‘iverns to pUt a decisive end to all `the !doubts raised by the other Frebch Journals rte. epecting the eonduct of Con , tantine. They sug -oesird that he - lia& done nothing to confirm his renunciation of the throne, ,subsequently to the acceptance of it by Nicholas. The Doile quotes official advice& from Warsaw, dated Ja. nuary 1, which state that Constantine, im mediately on receiving the dispatches an nouncing the proclamation ofNicholas as Emperor, convoked his Court, and irr the presence of his wife, and of many Generals, read, with a loud voice, the Ukase of the new Emperor, and finished with shouting--" Hurrah ! Long life to my well-beloved brother ' the Emperor Ni cholas the First, my gracious Emperor and Master." The Journal des Debak gives it as aumour from Berlin, "that there were some movements at Warsaw ; but the firmness of the Grand Duke Constantine promptly re. pressed them : and tranquillity was soon re. stored." This latter Journal; defeated in its attempts to create an alarm about Russia, re.' turns to its old declamation on the subject of the Three per Cents. Singularly enough its article begins thus--" It is always easy to lead ,men, and to deceive them, when one has the talent of disquieting them in regard to their interest."— Nothing can be more true, nor can any thing better illustrate that truth than the conduct of those Journalists both in France and England, who have within the last two months laboured to undermine public and.private credit. NOHNINti CiIItONICLII We refer' oitr readers to the Debate in the India fluuseot4he case of Mr. Buckingham. The servants of the' East India Company not only drove that Gentlenian from India, but with a littleness which can never be sufficiently held up to public odium, they determined that the pro perty he left in that country sl►quld in no manner benefit him. The degree of harshness in this case is really a disgrace to the coun try, from the bosom of - which men with such want of kindly feelings could spring. Mr. Kinnaird made a erosible appeal in behalf of this much-injured gentleman, and stated (proh pudor) that he who left behind him in India a good estate, was now, verging on the last extremity of distress. 44 Be had Mr. Bucking ham's own authority for stating, that he did not know that another month would not find him in the walls of a prison, from his utter incapacity to perform his pecuniary engagements." Sir C. Forbes, to ° whose disposition such proceedings must be exceedingly repugnant, observed truly, 44 that it wits an unnecessary cruelty to go on till they had driven him and his family to beggary ; and that such was the case he would pledge his word, for he had taken the trouble to ascertain it." The motion failed, but the business is to be again brought forward, and Mr. Hume gave notice that he should take measures for having a Ballot. PUBLIC Lemma.] We have received the Paris Papers.or Mon day, with the Erode of Tuesday. The latter still perseveres in maintaining that the Revolution witich has taken piaci. on the Russian Throne has the perfect concurrence of the nation, includ ing the tinny, ,and is not likely to be attended with any unpleasant 'circumstances beyond those which occurred on the day that the Emperor Nicholas ,was proclaimed. As to any serious interruption to the public tranquillity, the idea is quite chimerical, according to that paragon of impartial and independent Jo mils. It fur ther insists, Ihttt the Gra ' QoisaitootThe was 'not o r a free, Mit an ardent agent, in those frapsactions ; end quotes the authority of 2 1 Yie Augiriaii Observer, to shew, that between his professions and conduct there' exists the most perfect harmony. This extract, if true, would entirely overturn the conclusion we arrived at yesterday, in consequence of the continued want of direct news from Warsaw. It: states, that Con stantine has not only taken the oath to his brother and caused those persons who were present at this ceremony to do the snob-, but that he evinced throughout the most lively satisfaction; and concluded with a " hurrah." This imposing ee -1 remony is said to have taken place on the Ist inst. at which the Princess of Loewletz, the wife of the Grand Duke, was present ; and on the following day the troops , were to take the oaths. The representation was rather dramatic, though we are not disposed' to dwell much upon this point ; but if the conduct of the principal per sonage be correctly described, it is either an in stance of singular ingturnimity, or of dissimula tion truly Princely. It is to be regretted that the number of the A:lariat; Observer is riot given, us we have a regular series of that Paper down to the 7th instant, and we have looked in vain for the extract above-mentioned. __w e have also received Ilamburgh Paper to the 13th inst. in which there is not the slightest al. lusion of a corresponding character ; and as tidings of this kind would move with the utmost celerity, it remains to be explained why a report of the proceedings at Warsaw on the Ist instant, did not reach ilarnburgh before the 12th. It is also strange that it should have first reached the French eupitalAv the ciremitous route of Vienna ; and still :pore sttange, that it has not yet arrived in this countr#4) but in the shape it has assumed in the column* of the Etolle. However, we do not Yenture•even to insiuuate that it is a forgery, only it strikes us as extraordinary that a proceeding, such as lae one which is said to have occurred a 4 %assets , on the Ist instant, should still rest upon the single and rather , doubtful authority we have so ,often quoted. We have, moreover, re ceived the Augsbure,li Gazette (Mgemeine Zeit. lung) to,the 12th instant,- and though it abounds with references to the renunciation of Constan tine in favour of his brother, .it has not the slight eat allusion to the ceremony at Warsaw,: ff this ceremony h o s really taken place as described, it is at once strange and suspicious that two weeks should nearly elapse, without any intelli gence of it reaching either Damburgh or Augs. burgh, "hen it might, we believe, have arrived at ibn e i ght i t g ir it la d ce as places by the ordinary mode of conveya nce , and by express in five. FiPrit:Ctii IN A Ptcic or CARDS.---Thii (pups.' tioll hits been put in some of tht; country papers; and it is said that considerable wagers depend on its solution. A correspondent has of sent it to us, accompanied by calculations of the individual changes. The total is 17,0.24. POticu TriTtLiActNct. M A NSION-H OUSE. • JOINT STOOIL Co MP AN it 8—:-Y est erdiy Mr. WITI. Clarke, a respectable shareholder in several Joint Stock Companies, appeared at the Justice-room, attended by a solicitor, to request that the Loan MATOR would order before him a party in volved in a conspiracy, against whom a true bill had been found. Mr. Clarke then produced the certificate, signed by Mr. Shelton, Clerk of Oyer and Terminer, which stated, that an indictment had been laid by him against one Richard Ire land, of No. 19, Blackman -street, Southwark, upholsterer and, looking-lass-maker, and others, for conspiring to cheat and de fraud him of the sum of 2,0001. by fabricating shares, pur porting to be the shares of the Joint Stock Company, called The Imperial Plate Glass Company." It also stated that a bill of indictment had been found against the clerk of a banker in the city, for being a party to the same offence ; and that bail to the amount of 1,0001. should be given in by Richard Ire land—the prisoner in 5001. and two good securities in 2001. each. Mr. Clarke requested, that the charge Was of so important a nature, and the loss he had sustained was so considerable, the LORD MAYOR would direct that the principals should appear. The Solicitor for Mr. Ireland said that hil client was in readiness in the neighbourhood, and would, without hesitation come forward, if the Lord Mayor considered his presence ne cessary. He however thought, that as such a thing was un usual, it would not be deemed necessary upon this occasion. Unexceptionable bail was at hand. The Lon') MAYOR said, he certainly. should require the presence of Mr. Ireland. He had entertained a similar opi nion with respect to the presence of -Air. Kenrick, the Magis trate, and he therefore desired that Mr. Ireland should be brought before him, previously to the examination . of his bail. Mr. Ireland, upon being sent for,. immediately attended in the Justice-room, and has solicitor gave in the names of the bail. They were, Richard Ireland t the elder, and Robt. Ross. Mr. Ireland, sen., in his exam ination, said, that he was a cabinet-nicker, and carried on his busi ness in Nelson-street, City-road. The LORD NlATon.—Are you a master ?—Bail--I do not employ any one at present. Are you a journeyman ? No ; the business I do, Ido my self. What is the nature of your business P—That of making the mahogany part of fountains for gin shops. Then you must be employed by some person ?—l'os ; for Mr. Savory. Bow long is it since you have worked?—Not much since Christmas. Probably not much since Midsummer ?—Not much. Here Mr. Clarke stated to the LORD MAYOR, that Mr. Ireland, jun. had been a director of the company, but that he hadbeen removed. Mr- Ireland, sen. added to his statements, that he paid 321. a year rent, that he did not let lodgings at present, but t liat,he in. tended to do so, if he should remain in the house, and that he had insured the property on his premises for 6001. Mr. Clarke said it had been intimated to him that 3lr. Ire land, senior's house was in an obscure street; that it was a very small house, and that there was no appearance of trade about it. The bail observed that the house was a private one, and quite large enough for hissibusiness. The Loam SIATOR said, that as Mr. Clarke had lost so large-a sum as 2,0001., it was n e c essar y th a t th e case s h ou ld b e fully investigated. His Lordship then put several questions to the bail, who stated that he had funded property to the amount of 4001. ; that his property in business amounted to 2,4001.; that he was in possession of 10 shares in one of the gas comps nies, and that his debts amounted to no more than 201. yhe LORD MAYOR then consented to accept of the bail, and no objection was made to Mr. Ross, the other security. The Loan Maxon asked whether the Company had begun to work any where? Mr. Clarke said, the Company had changed hands now ; all the old Directors had been removed, and the thing was now respectable, and likely to succeed. The part ies then left the office, Mr. Clarkehaving first stated that he had reason to believe that one of the persons charged with the conspiracy had absconded. UNITED KINGDOM TEA AGENCY CO HPANY...---Mr. Nbrcot, a solicitor (we believe of the United Kingdom Tea Agency.CompanY),:applied for a' warrant to apprehend three perions, for having committed a felony in the offices of the Company in Crutcbed-friars, under very odd circumstances.— He appeared, he said, upon the part of the secretary and messenger; and his statement was to the following effect : A few evenhiga ago,, the persons charged kno c k e d ' a t t h e door of the house at about half-past seven o'clock, and induced' the old woman, who was taking care of the place, by putting a bottle of ale before her, to permit herself to be humbugged, and to allow them to proceed up stairs, where they regaled' themselves with the same sort of beverage. Shortly after their arrival, a boy, who carried a bunch of pick lock-keys, knocked 05,,themloor, asked for one of the gentle. logn ixlicretere up stairs, by a false name, 'and was called to by the strangers, who said, "It was all right." The moment the boy went up, they set him to work at breaking open the locks of various doors. and they retired, carrying away with them cash, which 'they had taken out of a box, to the amount Of about 401., a bill of exchange for 1201., and several books and papers of great consequence to the company. It happened that the messenger, who was out of the house at tho time, had the key of the strong box, or most probably still more valuable property would hate bees taken away. After they had com. Initted this outrage, they placed the spoils in a hackney-coach. and disappeared. The old woman having seen one of them i n company w ith some gentlemen who are Connected with the Assoclation, believed that; they were anthorised to enter the house, and of course the oppesitioo which in any oth?r case would have been expected was not made. The Solicitor for the prosecution thoughtini n yin i t a lt p o p s l e gfor e circum stances warralt ti i ' were suffi c iently thefli cie p n a tl r y ti s e tzong to justify The Loan MAYOR asked whether one of the parties accused of having taken 'such liberties with the property was not' a shareholder ?—The Solicitor replied that he believed so. The Loan MAYOR---Ay, he is a partner in the concern. The Solicitor admitted that one of the parties had been ma nager of the Company. The LORD MAYOR-1s it not the Directors that bring forward this accusation ? The Solicitor.—No; t he a ccused have taken off' several things which were the . property of the messenger. _ - _ _ The Loup MAYort.- ! —Name the Directors. The Solicitor. —Mr. Peter Moore (a laugh); Sir John Ayrie, Mr. Dunston, Mr. Suttees, Mr. Hone, Mr. Philip Perring, and !qr. Talbot. The LonD , MAYOR.—And it WAS by the Directors . two of the persons charged were . paid a nd di sc h a rged.—The Solicitor replied fn the affirmative. The Lorin Mayor said, he could not think of granting a warrant for felony under such circumstances. One of the parties probably acted under the impression that he had a right to enter and avail himself of the opportunity, as a partner in the concern. The Solicitor submitted that they. had gone a little too far, although they. might snake a joke of it. The l'ionn MAYOR observed, that if the solicitor thought they made a joke of it, he was wrong in proceeding to charge: with a felong. Mr. liont.En said, there was nn ground for a ch ar g e o f burglary, which had been insinuated, or for that of felony, as the thing complained of had been done openly. The Solicitor said, it had been done by persons who had as. sumac wrong names, sad had managed to deceived. the servant Wiiwas in , care of the house. • The LORD MaYou said, this was one of the consequences of the horrible and demoralizing system of gambling, of which he regretted to say, he observed the 'strongest symptoms daily in the conduct of those with whoni his duties brought him in Contact. Ha then said, that although he could not think of granting a warrant against the parties, h e w ou ld summon t h em to explain the conduct with whiCh they were chargetL A Gentleman here produced a hand-bill, offering a reward Of NI: for the apprehension of the accused, and involving in the imputed guilt a young gentlemon who knew nothing about the matter. The Solicitor said, lie hachtacortained that the young man so named had not the least participation in the offence. n nt . t . ittn ,,l ' tLwanut.t., E s q., t h e s i tt i ng Magi 11°W.S-nTantEdErrnbullTu., • was ye s t er d ay ' brotg Y h o t u b n e g ib W re e fi t - i striae, on, suspicion of forging a certain written instrument.-_ The circumstances were the following :-:-Mr; Turnbull h av i ng placed himself under peculiar obligations to a young lady named Anne Nettlefold, gave her what he called a check or, the house of Smith, Payne,, anti Smith, at four days' sight, far 101, and signed " S. Hannan." The pri so n er , at t h e t i me, erased the name written in the body of the check, as,the person to whom the Amount was payable, and substituted that of the prosecutrix. He also Witt her, that, if any difficulty should arise . in getting it cashed, she ttntst say she had received it from , the second son of Sir John Hannan), .54P. The cheque - waszpresented, and the answer of ' l le clerk It wag, th at t h e house Wes? nothing of any such person: The prisoner was soon after pen in the Strand by the prosecutrixand given in ch arge to t h e watchman.;. These, .flicts having been stated, he. was CA 11 ett on for his defence. Ile denied having written the cliec - que or sub stituted the name as stated by the prosectitrix. • A Mr. Fiarne, a West India merchant, said, to.the best othis belief, from the knowledge he had of the prisoner's hand-writing, he did not be lieve that the eliecque, or the name, was written by him. Air. Turnbull lutd.a very large sum of money at his disposal in the handy orsthe . witness, anti ateretore there coup be no meet for him to commit a forgery. -Messrs. Mitchell and co - also West India merchants, held a considerable sum belonging .to Mr. T. which they would pay at his direction to any perra he pointed out. tlr. xsitur.r., on this evidence, committed the prisoner to the M'atehhouse for further examination on Thursday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FOREIGN MARRIAOES.--Vincent Louis Veda:, a respect able looking young man, a native of Switzerland, was charged with having deserted and refused to maintain his wife. It ap peared from the statement of the woman and of Mr.lVaketield, the parish solicitor, that she was a native of Ly m ington, in Hampshire, end having gone to the Continent a s a servant with a family, she there met Vedoz, and they were married at the house of the British Consul, at Marseilles. The marriage was celebrated by the Rev. Thomas St. Lawrence, an Irish Clergy man, whose certificate was produced, and it was contended the; the marriage had been levelly solemnised, inasmuch us the house of an Ambassador or Consul was considered to be within the empire he represented. 111 r. Hitchcock, an. attorney, who said he attended on the part of the reputed husband, observed , that if the marriage had been celebrated at the Anibas.satior's house at Paris, he should bare raised no objection to it : but as the ceremony was performed at the house of the British Consul at Marseilles, and by his Chaplain, it was an invalid marriage, according to the custom of France. If time was al lowed, he would bring several witnesses over from the cone. nest, to confirm his statement.—hir. DYER having perused the certificate, said he was °tapir:ion that the parties had been as legally married as if the ceremony had been performed in De land. He also said, it was impossible he could order the wit nesses to attend, or try the case. The following .certificates were then read:— " I, Thomas St. Lawrence, Rector of Killnagrossen, in the County of Cork, in that part of' the United Kingdom 'of Greet Britain called Ireland, do hereby certify that 'Vincent Loolo Vedoz, a native of the Canton tie Vaud, in Switzerland, of flue • ' Protestant religion, and Sarah -Taylor, daughter of John tied Elizabeth Taylor, residing at Beaulien, in the county of Haml+. shire, enteral into the state of matrimony in the house and pro sence of A. Turnbull, Esq. his Britenaic Majesty's Consul lot the Department of the Months of the Rhone, at Marseilles, this 13th day of May, 1819. (Signed) Trios. Si'. LaWRANCR: (Signed) "A.Turnbull,Consul ; W.H.ltichartison,VlCe-Cons " Catharine Maccauley, Guildford, Surrey, registered in the British Consul's, at Marseilles. No. 5118, fog 213.—May 13, 1818. W. 11. RIErLaRDSoN, V.C. and Chancellor." " I, James Brown, Notary Public, by Royal authority, re iding• and practising at Lymington, Hampshire, do hereby make known and certify unto all men, that the above is a true and perfect copy of the original certific ate, under the seal of his Britannic Majesty's Consul, at Marseilles, with which it was examined, this Ist day of August, 1821.. In testimony whereo f I have af fi xed my seal of office " A true copy,_ " J. BROwN, Notary Public.' Mr. HITCHCOCIt still contended that the marriage was to* valid, on account of its being celebrated at die Consul's house, who, he said, had not the same power or authority as W reposed in the Ambassador. There were also other informe: litter in the marriage, one . of which was, that the female 41 “ not go before the Mayor and swear that she was tvienty-fit e years of age, without which the marriage would not have been allowed to take place. Mr. Sharpe, a M ag istrate said he not believe that it was expressed in the Code of Napoleon tl* the contracting parties must be above 21 years of age. A OW' riage at the Cape of Good Hope had been held to be valid iii England. hire. Vedor was then examined, and she stated , ,! that although she had not lived with her husband for two Teal; !' and was in service, she had sent bim 351. to purchase hind Switzerland ; but now she had become chargeable to the pail. Mr. Wakefield pres s ed u p on t h e Magistrate the neeessi t Y: compelling Vedoz to support hi s w if e , as he was about to d e P 0 for Switzerland.—The Magistrate decided that Vedoz liable to be called upon to support his wife; but befOr further proceedings were taken the matter wee adjouetivw COMBAT BETWEEN a TIGER and an ELEPHANT' " In front of the ball was a cage containing tt t very large tiger, which the governor bad csn s e," to be caught, in order that he might exhibit tts , l us a fight between that fiercest of anin3olSt snJ the elephant. We were asked if the spectac le would be agreeable to us, and on our replying i n the affirmative, he gave the necessary directions on the subject. In the midst of a grassy plain" about half a mile long, and nearly as much I", breadth, about , sixty or seventy fine elePli ant3 were drawn up in several ranks, each anio ta being provided with a mahawat and a bout which was empty. On one side:were plats(' convenient seats; the governor man darins , and a numerous ; train el soldiers .being si t ` ) present at, the spectacle. A crowd of spe c. tators occupied the side opposite. The tiger was bound , to a stake, placed in the cel l ; tre of the plain, by means of a stout reP ,, fastened round his loins. 'We soon p e r how unequal was the combat ; the claws of t i l t poor animal had been torn out, and a ' tr° , l „s stitch bound the lips together, and rev t d Win from opening his month. On being Larne r loose from the cage, he attempted to bound ° ve the plain, but finding. nil attempts to extricate a the g himself ras useless, s till, s seeing n t g h r u e w large himself piitita n n 5 ‘ g c t i I t t ti % o ,r ; tusks approach, he got up and faced the codas danger. The elephant was, by this atti tudt :: and the horrid growl of the tiger, too owl) Ot t midated, and t urne d ;side, while the tiger pa r, sued him heavily, and struck him with h is ° l r is paw upon th e bi n d quarter, quickening )ia pace not a little. The mahawat succeedeu.i a bringing the eleph ant to t h e c h arg e Cil ia before he had gone far, and this tifn e tht e rushed On furiously, driving his tusks - ti p the earth u n d er th e t i ger, and lift i ng hiln --(;( fairly, gave hi nea c l ear cast to t h e di s tance about 30 feet. This was an interesting Puh, /t „a the combat : the tiger lay along on the gru7; i j f t e a n ck ce , , es if he' were (load, yet it appeared that. be 11- to received no material injury, for, on the nel t t j S e . he and th r a e s w the ele phant hi m s e l f iet e Kos s a tt itude again about, ; take him up, he sprung upon his forehead, fil f l . ll l,a his hind feet upon the truuk of the former. ''' : 0 elephant was wounded in this attack, aiul, `',fe much frightened, th a t not hi ng cou ld pre vent .. from breaking through every obstacle, nod 15 ` f1, running off. The mahawat was considered ty have failed in his duty, and 'soul) after W brought up to the Governor with his lianas behind his• back, and op the spot received lashes of the rattan.. " Another elephant was note brought, hut t i r, tiger made less resistance op earl' successive 5 d tack. It wes evident that the tosses he receive d must soon Occasion his death. the mode of 01 1, were furnished with tusks, and tack every instance, for several others we,r e called fortiard, was t h a t of rushieg upon tiger, thrusting their tusks under him, rais o ! ."1) and throwing him to a distance. Of the i ;: trunks they evidendY were very careful ;,.. 1 :2 0 jug them cautiously up under the chin. Nvn_ go A II the elepharst.: the tiger was perfectly dead, an elephant r . "„ brought up, who, instead of r a sing the tier v ..", his tusks, seized. him with his trunk, and in e ,, nerat cast him to the distance of thirty fee. t ' ' (Mission lo Coclan China, °wing' to the iiilsurd prejudices ugginst v ' ° nation, upwards of eOO children have ....!e s .O the unall-poz at Rotterdam, vrithiu a Tart 1 "" period. Printe_d and Published for the PROPRIETORS , at 113° Orricr, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CMisT.sitts• i 1